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VIRGIL BURKS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 8, 1946 – April 25, 1969
Service recordVirgil Burks JR, of Sikeston, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 43
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- November 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Sikeston, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 43
- JOHN EMERY BLADEKSergeant · April 25, 1969
- ALBERT N BOOKERTechnical Sergeant · April 25, 1969
- THOMAS M BRANDOM JRMajor · April 25, 1969
- ADRIAN DAVID CARBAJALPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 50
From Sikeston
- WAYNE HYDEPrivate · June 4, 1966
- MICHAEL KENNETH BOARDMANLance Corporal · July 19, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WYATTStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1968
- RONALD DENNIS SLAYTONSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- CLARENCE DEAN RUSSELLSergeant · February 23, 1969
- CLARENCE WAYNE TEMPLETONCorporal · April 15, 1970
- ALAN HILL JRPrivate First Class · May 26, 1970
- CURTERS JOSEPH BURNETTPrivate · November 21, 1970
- LESLIE LEROY KARNESSergeant First Class · February 16, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.